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ReviewExpert review of anticancer therapy2018

CAR T-cell therapy for glioblastoma: ready for the next round of clinical testing?

Brooke L Prinzing, Stephen M Gottschalk, Giedre Krenciute

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Review in Expert review of anticancer therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brooke L Prinzinga Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Science Graduate Program , Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , TX , USA.
Stephen M Gottschalkb Department of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy , St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA.
Giedre Krenciuteb Department of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy , St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · USBaylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

IL13Ra2 targeted T-cell therapy for gliomaR21NS089802 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI BALYASNIKOVA, IRINA V, GOTTSCHALK, STEPHEN · 2014 to 2015
$803k
A CD47-blocking oncolytic vaccinia virus for cancer therapyF30CA203270 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI CAO, FELICIA · 2016 to 2019
$145k
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA203270NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS089802
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe outcome for patients with glioblastoma (GBM) remains poor, and there is an urgent need to develop novel therapeutic approaches. T cells genetically modified with chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) hold the promise to improve outcomes since they recognize and kill cells through different mechanisms than conventional therapeutics. Areas covered: This article reviews CAR design, tumor associated antigens expressed by GBMs that can be targeted with CAR T cells, preclinical and clinical studies conducted with CAR T cells, and genetic approaches to enhance their effector function. Expert commentary: While preclinical studies have highlighted the potent anti-GBM activity of CAR T cells, the initial foray of CAR T-cell therapies into the clinic resulted only in limited benefits for GBM patients. Additional genetic modification of CAR T cells has resulted in a significant increase in their anti-GBM activity in preclinical models. We are optimistic that clinical testing of these enhanced CAR T cells will be safe and result in improved anti-glioma activity in GBM patients.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmBrain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesAntigens, NeoplasmReceptors, Chimeric Antigenchimeric antigen receptorgene therapyGlioblastomaimmunotherapyT cellstumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID29533108
PMCPMC6191291
OpenAlexW2789476774

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